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Brothers preserve Lukang culture for better tomorrow
LUKANG, Taiwan (The China Post/ANN) - Old buildings at the northwestern town in Changhua county have been gradually replaced by new buildings and factories
When talk turns to famous tourist attractions in Lukang, most people will mention some historic spots, such as Lukang Longshan Temple, the street view and delicacies.
However, people rarely remember that Lukang, located in northwestern Changhua county, used to be the second largest town in Taiwan in the 17th century.
With rapid development and advancement of technology, Lukang has undergone dramatic change. Some old buildings have been replaced by modern ones and factories and stores have been built.
It's hard to decide whether it's good or bad, as it brings more tourists and business opportunities, but the truth is that Lukang's traditional culture and people are flowing away gradually, and the environment is sustaining damage.
A group of native Lukang youngsters has decided to change that by preserving the traditional face of Lukang in the hope of raising people's awareness about public issues and to find a connection with their hometown.
They launched several initiatives, and most of them are free, such as holding concerts and offering guided tours. What they are doing is to use the simplest way to protect the land and connect Taiwanese people based on love of the country.
Among the initiators of the campaign are two brothers: elder brother Chang Ching-yeh, CEO of The Kids from Lukang CO, Ltd, and the younger Annon Chang, chairman of The Lukang Renaissance Association.
The two organisations were founded in 2012, and since then, their plans have been put in place and are attracting more people to join.
Do what you love, and what you believe is right
The elder Chang, a 31-year-old musician, dreams of making Lukang a capital of cultural art.
"To pursue what you really like is the most exhilarating thing, we don't need to do everything just for money ," he told The China Post during a recent interview.
In 2009, he joined a dance troupe touring Italy, a trip that later became the turning point of his life. During the tour, he met some Sardinian performers, who told him that they never miss important festivals in their hometown even though they work in other cities.
Inspired by their love of their homeland, Chang began to wonder why the bond between Taiwanese people and their hometown is becoming weaker.
To him, culture is an aggregation, accumulated by people's daily experience and living environment, which cannot be torn apart.
Some may consider there will be no future if they choose to stay in their hometown, but Chang believes that there're still a lot of potential in Lukang.
He decided to return home and make changes.
Chang was supported by the government with his project, and step-by-step he started to fulfill his dream of preserving Lukang's traditions and make it a good environment for the cultural industry.
"It will be a pity that these values are being lost to make way for business and tourism. It doesn't mean that Lukang cannot be developed, but it has to be done only on the premise of not damaging the original," he said.
By holding more than 40 activities, including concerts, art festivals and screening documentaries, Chang and his team service people with arts, and what he's doing has already impacted many people.
"We are not doing it for praise, but for what we believe is right. We have a strong sense of local identity and hope to encourage people to care more about public affairs," he said.
"To cultivate culture is like planting a tree, which needs enough time to have a firm root."
"I will keep it up, use art to touch more people and bring new atmosphere into Lukang," he said.
For a better tomorrow
Following in his elder brother's footsteps, Annon, a 28-year-old office worker, wants to bring about a Lukang renaissance.
He devotes himself to cultural preservation by inviting local people to clean up the environment together, and holding civic forums and exhibitions every month.
"We don't need to give up everything to realise our dreams. Instead, we only need to make good use of our free time," Annon said.
Though some people regard them as fools, he believes only when people make their own efforts can they build a better environment.
"Everyone can join us without any problem because it is public affairs. Sometimes, people should stop criticising and start to make our life better," he said.
With more tourists visiting Lukang, it brings more business opportunities to the town, but at the same time, it makes the locals feel that Lukang no longer looks the same as it used to. It is losing its traditions.All the constructions are built for tourists instead of for improving the welfare of locals.
"We should not let tourism take away our own cultural spirit, and I believe that it is our traditions and historic sites which attract visitors. Therefore, what we need to do is protect those antiquities, instead of focusing on modernising the town rapidly."
Annon and his partners regard those things as their social responsibility. Though sewage is smelly in extremely hot weather, they're still willing to clean them because they can fix problems and decide the destiny of their beloved town.
Nowadays, more cities are facing the same impact -- the two brothers say that no matter how the generations change, Taiwanese people should know their roots, and never forget history "because they make us become who we are today," Annon said.
The Chang's brothers are thankful to those who have helped them and devoted themselves to Lukang, grateful for the chance to fight for their destiny and for the generations to come.
Their dream is on the way to success, despite facing difficulties. Their belief and perseverance have already touched many others, who eventually may follow their footsteps to continue to promote Lukang's culture.


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what do you have in your ghost hunting gear
Posted 03 March 2007 - 09:13 PM
Cassette recorder TCM,-353 Sony
Cassette recorder Jwin VAS
Cassette recorder Panasonic MC RN-305 / VAS
Cassette Panasonic MC / Voice operated recording
Digital/ cassette recorder Jwin with language learning system
Digital voice recorder Olympus VN-240
Desk top cassette recorder Panasonic Slim line
Desk top cassette recorder Emerson CRC-97
Amplificador estéreo de doble micrófono de condensador integrado tipo Electret para amplificar sonido ambiente. (Audio amplifier)
Cassette recorder Emerson CRC-97 normal Bias
Cámara fotográfica Vivitar 3725, 5.5 megapixel
Micrófono dinámico profesional Shure PG-48
Micrófono dinámico Radox
Micrófono dinámico Steren tipo unidireccional.
Micrófonos dinámicos Sehnhaiser e-835
Parabolic microphone
Blanck cassettes, extra batteries.
Extensions, plugs, adaptors and other energy suppliers.
White noise cassette supplier. (reproducing white noise prev. recorded from a digital generator).
Prayer playing cassette (a cassette prev. recorded containing religious prayers to replay during EVP capture sessions).
Baseball Bat (for personal security since I work alone)
I have planed to install an estrobo light on my car´s roof to simulate the arrival of police at open places such as cemeteries. It can be helpful for a person working alone.
Knife, and daggers for stimulating personal security.
Posted 05 March 2007 - 09:22 PM
maglight (great for protection & seeing in the dark)
once or twice we have used a compass
my necklace with a vial of crystal visions oil
Posted 05 March 2007 - 10:35 PM
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways--I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God knows. - Socrates I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. . - SocratesEnergy Hot SpotsEnergy Hot Spots New EnglandEnergyhotspots DemonicologyLet the house of Israel say / His mercy endures forever Let the house of Aaron say / His mercy endures foreverLet those who fear the lord say / His mercy endures forever
Posted 01 April 2007 - 10:20 AM
-Gaussmeter EMF
-Cell Sensor EMF
-Trifield Natural EMF (my personal favorite)
-Sony Hi-8 video cam w/ nightshot and addition night vision add-on
-night vision
-digital camera
-35mm camera
-I/R thermometer
-digital and analog tape recorder
-batteries and pen & paper
Posted 20 May 2007 - 06:03 AM
Sony digital camera 7mega pixels
KII EMF meter,
Cell sensor EMF meter
Another EMF meter not sure of make similar to KII
Motion sensors
Sony cassette recorder
Sanyo dictator machine
Sanyo digital voice recorder
Sony nightvision camcorder
Tripod for camcorder
Mini tripod for digital camera
Infra red thermometre
and thats about it really,I have several ghost books which are:
How to be a ghost hunter by Richard Southall
Haunted Britain & Ireland by Richard Jones
The Encyclopedia of ghosts & Spirits by John & Anne Spencer
Ghosts by Morven Eldritch
Peter Underwoods Guide to Ghosts & Haunted places
The A~Z of British Ghosts by Peter Underwood
Devon ghosts by Theo Brown
Scottish ghosts by Lily Seafield
Ghost hunting with Derek Acorah
Supernatural England by Eric Maple
Posted 28 May 2007 - 12:32 AM
Fuji 35mm camera
Fuji FinePix digital camera
Mustek digital camera with video capabilities/tripod
A few disposable cameras 400 and 800 speed film
2 Crank lights (battery-free)
2 Headlights (1 with led/red light_
Hello Kitty handheld flashlight, hehehe
Battery powered lantern
Voice Recording:
Olypus Pearl micro cassette recorder with external mic and mic stand
Olympus VN2100PC
IR security cam and TV/VCR monitor
Cell sensor EMF meter
Digital Thermometer
Motion detector alarm
Clipboard, paper, pens
First Aid Kit
Folding chairs
I have a tackle box with batteries, battery tester, plug converters, chalk, string, duct tape, small level, marbles, old coins, mini flashlight, mini compass, camera cleaning kit, baggies, etc.
I think that's it, lol.
Posted 11 July 2007 - 03:34 AM
* I ask permission first. I wouldn't be jumping for joy to find out what spending a night in the county jail would be like along with possibly paying a steep fine for trespassing.
*I respect people, places, things and property.
* I carry a Elgin spring wound pocket watch circa 1926. I don't rely on anything else. (If my Elgin watch should ever stop anytime soon I have only myself to blame because I didn't get it professionally cleaned/oiled, etc.) I also carry it for the comfort and sentimental value even tho I bought it from an antique store.
* I use a HP Digital Camera with flash. I stopped using 35 mm disposable cameras because the expense to develope the film is pricy.
* I use a tiny notebook and a pen. This way I can write down the location, time, weather conditions, atomsphere conditions, and my personal feelings I precieve of any certain place I may enter.
* I try to have pure inner strength, keep an open mind, calm spirit, and listen to my inner voice. If something just don't feel right with any location, I take a step aside and wait. If I still feel uneasy about a certain place, then I listen to what my inner feelings are telling me and usually don't proceed.
*I'm a non-smoker, so the only thing I do is limit snacks and soda pop/tea/water intake if a place involves a few hours of staying in or outdoors without an accessible bathroom nearby.
*A tape recorder/ new cassette tapes, new batteries. Nothing drains juice faster or gives more recording malfunctions than the location/and or place... and sometimes human error (me).
* Inexpensive flashlights. As many as I can carry in a small back pack and new batteries.
* I inform my friends of what I am doing/where I will be/ and how long I will be. And I always take somebody along with me, my husband.
Here is what I don't use:
*I don't use an EMF device. This would just get me all confused. I understand that this is a good thing to take along to any kind of ghost/ haunting location, but I would just be lost.
* I don't own a cell phone. I figure if I need to say something it can wait until I get home.
And that is pretty much it for myself. - Josette
Posted 26 July 2007 - 02:01 AM
I've got:
E.L.F. Zone
Cellsensor - actually belongs to my possibly soon to be ex-ghost hunting parter, but he keeps it with me since I have most of the other equipment
Infrared Thermometer
piece of crap headlamp - also belongs to my possibly soon to be ex-ghost hunting parter
piece of crap flashlight with interchangeable red lens - was only like $5 at Walmart
Disposable 35mm camera(s)
Canon Powershot S2 IS 5MP digital camera
Troy Taylor's Ghost Hunters Guidebook... or whatever its called.
We sometimes stop by Walmart and/or 7-11 on the way to a site to pick up a disposable camera if its a spur-of-the-moment hunt, and it doesn't hurt to pick up a coffee, red bull, rockstar, or other energy drink, since its around 11pm when we head out.
Don't have much but its just about all the two of us can carry with us.
Posted 02 November 2007 - 11:10 PM
SLR Canon EOS digital Rebel XTi 10.1 mp camera
1 Olympus 2100 pc vox digital recorder
3 other digital recorders (can't remember the brand names)
2 mini flashlights
1 3 led headlamp with 1 red led
3 6 led headlamps with 2 red led
And we are about to get an ampient thermoniter w/J probe that also tells us what the humidity is. Then we are saving up for our laptop and hard wired camera system.
Posted 19 November 2007 - 04:36 PM
1 HP 5+mp digital camera
1 Minolta 35mm slr w/multiple lens for varying conditions, all with anti-uv filters, hotshoe flash w/ 10' - 40' range - fully posable
1 Sony Digi-8 w/ nightshot & IR flashlight booster (works better than the Sony illuminator - $8 off eBay)
4 magnetic pickups w/ mini amplifiers - low cost alternative to emf meters, allows me to hear the magnetic fields and rf fields in realtime)
1 digital weatherstation with wired probe mounted to a pvc rod - handheld temperature and humidity readings from the source)
1 Olympus digital voice recorder
1 RCA full-sized analog cassette recorder w/external mic
1 Sony Handicam - no nightshot
1 Panasonic DVC camcorder - standard for documentation
1 Homeland Security cctv system w/ 2 cameras, 1 60' wire and 1 100' wire, and 2 IR illuminators to accent
1 VCR - 4head
1 IR flashlight for hand held illumination to accent Sony digi8 or cctv system
pens, paper, clipboards
extension cords
power strips
cord wraps
footlocker, camera bags
most important - eyes, ears, nose, brain - if you don't have those, you have nothing!
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no wheelies with that load
3 comments:
- Zoo said...
that dude's face makes it look like he's up to something
- 9/20/2006
- gwadzilla said...
that is tar
he is up to something
he is all about being one with the bike
he knows I love taking his picture
not just because he is photogenic
but because he is inspirational on the bike
he has a oneness and control that makes people realize they have a lot to learn on the bike
I have been meaning to set up a point where he shows me his bikes and shows me some moves
I have seen him do things where he may not know others are watching
once he did a wheelie on that trackbike in front of the White House
it was sick
I can not do a wheelie on a Ronco certified wheelie machine
and he did a 40 yard wheelie on a track bike
I had the camera
but did not get the shot
let me see if I can pull up an action shot
scan my flickr page
a portrait of tar
on that day it may have been 102 degrees 100 percent humidity
tar is so cool
he does not sweat
- 9/20/2006
- Zoo said...
hey qwadzilla, thanks for all the comments, hope you don't mind but I linked you to my blog. Lata!
- 9/20/2006


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For as long as I can remember, I've been the pitcher that you've seen warming up before the game, walking out to the mound, standing there for the national anthem, taking my warm up pitches, and it's game-on. In my professional career from 2004-last week, I was a starter. I got used to that lifestyle. Every 5 days, I show up, drink lots of water, slowly put on my uniform, and head out around 6:30 pm to start my warm ups. I knew that in the early innings I needed to pace my effort level in order to make it deep into games. I knew when I was going to pitch, my pitch count, and what to expect. As of a few days ago, that has all changed.
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I know you will do great in the bullpen! It is going to be a great opportunity to widen your experience. I am pretty sure they jog out from the bullpen, btw. haha 🙂
Thanks for taking time to write these blog posts! I just found your blog today and I think it's really great how you overcame your injury and are back in a professional uniform. I also loved the behind the scenes view of the trade deadline. All the fans really see is the players playing the game, and it's completely fascinating to hear about everything behind the scenes, to realize that ballplayers are not so different from me. I'm a huge Rangers fan, so I look forward to the day I see you throw your first pitch off a major league mound. I look forward to reading more of your blog in the future. For now, let's watch our Texas Rangers work their way through the postseason!


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MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Tuesday released his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, which looks to raise property taxes.
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Gimenez said fire rescue and libraries face cutbacks unless taxes increase.
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The mayor's proposed budget will get its first public airing next Tuesday in the commission chamber.
"The economy is beginning to come back, but if then you're going to start doing things that are going to retract that improvement, then we won't be doing our job," said Commissioner Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa. "I will not support that (5 percent tax increase)."
If the property tax increase is rolled back, Gimenez said the Pets Trust may lose funding.


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Though, as cultural manipulators that belong to the State and its futurists, hoaxers will always bet on the correct notion that most people in time will forget that the culture was led by artificial responses to tragedies. People argue about when cell phones supposedly worked from airplanes, even though research will tell you that in 2002, the technology barely existed, and so the supposed phone calls said to have been made from the (non-existent) flights could not have been anything but digital fabrications and dramatizations.
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That's an approximation of the tabloid headlines. But, as ever, NHS Choices offers a more solid critique of various bits of research into the effects of online social networking on our psyche.
"Overall, social networking improves self-esteem, particularly when the person has a greater number of contacts that they consider to be close and when the information they are viewing is related to themselves, such as personal experiences they have related. This seems quite a plausible finding."
However, the research also showed that this boost to self-esteem was somehow associated with making unhealthier food choices directly afterwards, as well as less persistence when asked to perform a mental task.
Sounds spurious to me. Yes, enhancing one's circle of friends will improve self-esteem (even if that is delusional in some cases), but there are countless situations in which people snack unhealthily after completing a task, whether that's going to the shops or tweeting your amazon wishlist. I'd imagine that after spending time on one particular task most people would not be particularly keen to then switch focus to something new especially under test conditions. Either way, the good vs evil battle between users and non-users will rage on.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Robert Xavier Burden used to paint nudes, but nearly a decade ago he shifted his eye from bare flesh to another sort of fetish. Now he spends thousands of hours creating massive, and massively nerdy, oil paintings of toys from his youth.
You might think his switch from naked human models to tiny action figures would make life a lot simpler for the San Francisco artist, but you'd be wrong.
"I'm hesitant to use the word 'easy,' just because of the fact that making these paintings is ludicrous, you know?" Burden told Wired during a recent interview here in his warehouse studio, which is packed with paintings that can reach more than 10 feet tall. "But I also don't think that they work on a small scale. I think if it is about sort of recapturing a sense of childhood wonderment and awe, there is this idea that maybe these things should tower over you — that if you walk into a gallery, they should be a little bit overwhelming."
Burden's growing body of work — inspired by images taken from comic books, blockbuster movies, television shows and ultimately from the plastic creations shoved onto the shelves of toy stores everywhere — is more than just an attempt to cash in on the swelling interest in nerdy art. For the painter, it's an exploration of nostalgia and the sense of lost wonder that comes with leaving behind childish pursuits.
"In a painting that I'm going to spend 1,200 hours on, I don't want it to be just a cheap joke," he said. "This is really about the love that I have for these things, the beauty that I saw in these things as a kid."
His oil paintings, which he spends hundreds of hours on a ladder to create, elevate common toys almost to the level of religious artifacts. One of his latest — The Holy Batman, which will be exhibited for the first time in a San Francisco show that opens Saturday — takes Burden's obsession with the subject matter to a whole new level. He's crammed images of more than 50 action figures and scores of Batman references onto the 12-foot-by-7-foot canvas. Some of the visual allusions will seem obvious to anyone who's seen The Dark Knight trilogy, while others might prove utterly inscrutable to all but the most dedicated Batman scholars.
"There's a lot of really sort of obscure references," Burden said. "Somebody asked me why the hell would I put Predator in there?" (It's a reference to a DC Comics/Dark Horse crossover titled Batman Versus Predator.) Elsewhere in the gridlike composition, Disney's Mad Hatter and The Wizard of Oz's Scarecrow make appearances. Discerning eyes will spot nods to individuals, both real and imagined, who inspired Batman's creators, Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
"As I was making this, I didn't think it would turn into this, but it sort of became almost like a history of Batman," Burden said.
It's the most iconic subject matter Burden has tackled, and it's also the most labor-intensive painting he's ever produced. He started in February 2012 and finished in late November of that year, spending an estimated 1,200 hours on the painting and its elaborate frame, which is ornamented with resin Batman heads. (Burden used a die-cast toy from his youth as a mold for the decorative accents that rim the frame of The Holy Batman; for a series of paintings that link superheroes to their roots, he added framed, taxidermied animals to the images.)
"I try to log the time I spend on a painting as much as possible, just so that I can get an idea of, you know, how close to minimum wage I'm making if I sell it," he said.
While his megapaintings can fetch between $18,000 and $25,000, Burden said his smaller pieces tend to be easier to peddle. A painting called The Snowman of Hook Mountain, a massive portrait of a peripheral character from '80s animated show ThunderCats, is an early entry in his toy-centric series, dating back to when he was studying for his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. He's exhibited it up and down the West Coast, he said, but it still sits in his warehouse rather than gracing the wall of an art collector.
"It's a painting that a lot of galleries have wanted to show, but obviously being — with the attachment on the top — well over 10 feet tall, it's not an easy one to sell," he said.
Time Traveling in Toronto
Burden's journey into pop-culture portraiture began with a trip to the basement of his parents' home in suburban Toronto, where he spent some time rifling through toys he hadn't seen in a decade. While the experience obviously proved motivational in the long-term, at the time Burden remembers feeling distinctly underwhelmed as he picked through the treasures of his youth. Things he found awesome as a kid failed to dazzle him as an adult (which is a perfectly appropriate response, he points out, although he understands what motivates adult toy collectors).
"Some people, they're still going to have that sense of awe — and I get it, because it is kind of cool — but I remember being let down … by how much less interested I was in this stuff as an adult," he said.
That initial disappointment turned into a burning drive to recapture his long-lost sensation of wonderment, yielding a series of paintings that turn that disillusionment into a strangely enduring reverence for the toys of his youth.
"The whole work is just about trying to get back that feeling," Burden said. "There is kind of an odd nature to this stuff as well, that they do become little almost religious relics. They hold a lot of weight, and yet at the end of the day, it's just a hollow piece of plastic."
Burden has been returning to his past ever since, a nifty bit of memorabilia-fueled time travel that's been greatly abetted by his mother.
"My mom never threw out anything," he said. "My mom was irritated if I lost any of this stuff. I think, in a funny way, [the toys from his childhood mean] a lot to her as well, because she's the one that — at a birthday, or at Christmas, or whatever, you know — it was obviously fun for her to see my reaction to getting this stuff."
He remembers one gift from long ago that made a particularly memorable impression upon him: a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles blimp that fired ooze. "I think it got ruined within a week," he said.
While the toy quickly broke, the memory lives on. "I remember getting that because I was shocked by it, and I'm not even entirely sure I even at the time knew about the [toy's existence]," he continued. "I think that's what was so awesome about it — like, I saw this huge box with a blimp on it and all these Ninja Turtles hanging off of it, you know, about to jump on Shredder, and it's like, 'What the fuck is this awesomeness?'" he laughs. "As a kid, there's no cursing, but it's the same feeling — like, 'What the hell is this?'"
Today, Burden's got hundreds of action figures and toys in his warehouse, approximately half of which he says come from his youthful toy collection. When he needs reference material that's not included in his own personal treasure trove, he goes to eBay and other sources.
His most expensive outlay — $160 or $170 — was for a fully complete Megatron toy that he used while painting his latest giant work, the Transformers-themed The Autobot, which will also be exhibited in Toy Box, his upcoming solo show at San Francisco's Shooting Gallery.
"If I'm spending over 200 bucks on one toy, I start to really get a little bit antsy," he said.
It's Love, But It's Not What You Think
Burden stresses that his paintings, which turn tiny plastic superheroes into towering immortals akin to Greek gods, are not about his love for the toys themselves.
"It's about my love for my view of it when I was a kid," he said, recalling the now-distant excitement he felt when he received a new plaything as a child. "I don't really consider myself a toy collector, because if the toy was enough, I wouldn't make the paintings. If I was still in kind of awe of the toy, and still absolutely adored the toy, then I could just put that on my shelf and that would be enough. But it's not anymore."
In addition to his toy-inspired paintings, Burden teaches part-time at the San Francisco Art Institute. He occasionally sells one of his pieces, and he once taught a painting class for employees at Pixar Animation Studios. ("God, I hope that some of them picked up something from that class," laughed the self-deprecating artist.)
While he acknowledges that creating on such a massive scale can be perceived as a gimmick — after all, most of his paintings must be turned sideways to get through a normal door — he thinks the oversize treatment is crucial to propel his paintings beyond the realm of cheap illustration. "I want to make something that's an experience in person, you know?" he said. "Paintings that are meant to be seen in person, something you are meant to stand in front of."
At 30, he looks forward to many more years working as an artist. While the idea of producing other types of imagery appeals to him, he said he doesn't feel like he has time to deviate from his toy-centered work and come back to it later in life. There are more childhood memories to be mined, and Burden's projects "just keep snowballing into other bigger, grander ideas."
"I don't necessarily know if I feel like I have to be painting toys, but I know that it's a body of work that I'm still, like, kind of working out of my system," he said. "Maybe I'll do this until I'm 85, and people will definitely call me crazy."
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Robert Xavier Burden's solo show Toy Box (.pdf) runs May 11 through June 1 at Shooting Gallery, 886 Geary St., San Francisco.
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More than 700 people were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening during a march by anti-Wall Street protesters who have been occupying a downtown Manhattan square for two weeks.
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The Gorch Fock I (ex Tovarishch, ex Gorch Fock) is a German three-mast barque. Originally built as a school ship for the German Reichsmarine in 1933, she was handed over to the USSR after World War II. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, she sailed under the Ukrainian flag from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, she was transferred to Newcastle-upon-Tyne for repairs, which however, somehow never even began. In 1999, she was moved to Wilhelmshaven and finally acquired by private sponsors and tranferred to her original home port Stralsund, Germany, where she was re-baptized Gorch Fock on November 29, 2003. She is a museum ship today, and although efforts are being made to reactivate her, it is doubtful whether she will sail ever again.
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About the ship
The loss of the German school ship Niobe, a four-masted barque which capsized on July 26, 1932 in the Baltic Sea near Fehmarn, prompted the German Navy to have a new training vessel built. The contract went to the shipyard of Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, where the construction of the new ship began on December 2, 1932. She was completed in only 100 days. On May 3, 1933 the new ship was launched and baptized Gorch Fock in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock", and commissioned to the German Navy on June 26, 1933.
The Gorch Fock is a three masted barque: she has square sails on fore and main mast and is gaff rigged on the mizzen. The hull is made of steel and has a sparred length of 82.1 m (270 ft), a width of 12 m (40 ft) and a draught of 5.2 m (17 ft) She has a displacement at full load of 1510 tons. Her main mast stands 41.30 m high above deck and she carries 23 sails totalling 1753 m² (18870 ft²) She is equipped with an auxiliary engine of some 410 kW (550 hp).
The ship was designed to be especially robust and safe against capsizing: over 300 tons of steel ballast in the keel give her a righting moment large enough to bring her back in the upright position even when she heels over to nearly 90°.
The Gorch Fock served as a training vessel for the German Reichsmarine. During the second World War, she was a stationary office ship in Stralsund, until she was officially reactivated on April 19, 1944. On May 1, 1945, the crew scuttled her in shallow waters off Rügen in an attempt to avoid capture by the Russian troops.
However, the Russians raised and salvaged her in 1947 and restored her from 1948 to 1950. The ship was newly named the Tovarishch ("Comrade" in Russian) in 1951 and put into service as a training vessel again. Her new home port was Odessa. Under the name Tovarishch she participated in many Tall Ships' Races and cruised far and wide on the seven seas. She made a voyage around the world in 1957 and won the Operation Sail race twice, in 1974 and 1976.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Tovarishch sailed under Ukrainian flag (home port was then Cherson) until 1993, when she was deactivated due to a lack of funds. In 1995, she sailed for the last time from Cherson to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where private sponsors wanted to have her repaired. This enterprise failed due to the high costs, and in 1999, the ship was transported to Wilhelmshaven in Germany, where she stayed in dock for four years until she finally was transferred to Stralsund, Germany in 2003. On November 29, 2003 the ship was re-baptized Gorch Fock. Currently, she serves as a museum ship.
Sister ships
The design of the Gorch Fock proved highly successful. She was the first of a series of five ships built by Blohm & Voss, and a number of South American school ships are also based on the same design. Of the three original sister ships, only the Mircea is an exact replica of the Gorch Fock. The Horst Wessel and the Albert Leo Schlageter are 7 m longer, and all three have somewhat more powerful auxiliary engines.
USCGC Eagle (ex Horst Wessel)
The Horst Wessel in 1938
The Horst Wessel was launched in 1936—the growing Reichsmarine needed more school ships. Her home port was Kiel. At the end of World War II, she was assigned to the U.S. After some repairs in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven, she was sailed by her German crew including the Captain together with American sailors to her new home port of New London, Connecticut. Since then, she sails under the name Eagle for the United States Coast Guard.
Sagres II (ex Albert Leo Schlageter)
The Albert Leo Schlageter was launched on October 30, 1937. She was confiscated by the United States after World War II, and then given to Brazil, where she sailed as a school ship under the name Guanabara. In 1961, the Portuguese Navy bought her to replace the old school ship Sagres (which was transferred to Hamburg, where she is a museum ship under her original name Rickmer Rickmers). The Portuguese named her accordingly Sagres II. She still sails as of 2004.
The Mircea was built by Blohm & Voss for the Romanian Navy. She was launched in 1938 and has always sailed under Romanian flag (except for a short period after WWII, when she was confiscated by the Soviet Union). She is the only of the sister ships that is truly identical to the Gorch Fock. She was overhauled at the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg in 1966, and she still sails today.
"Herbert Norkus" (unfinished)
Another ship of the Gorch Fock design—with the same dimensions as the Horst Wessel—was begun at the Blohm & Voss shipyard, but the unfinished ship had to be launched prematurely on November 7, 1939 because the slipway had to be cleared to build submarines. The hull stayed in the harbor of Hamburg throughout World War II. It was damaged in a bomb raid in 1945, and instead of being sold to Brazil it ended up being filled with gas grenades and sunk in the Skagerrak in 1947.
The yards, which had been prepared, but not yet mounted, and the tackle, which had not yet been rigged, were later used for the Gorch Fock built in 1958.
Gorch Fock
The Gorch Fock of 1958
As Germany had lost all its training vessels as war reparations after World War II, the German Bundesmarine decided in 1957 to have a new training vessel built following the old plans for the Gorch Fock. The new ship was a modernized rebuild of the Albert Leo Schlageter. Coincidentally, her design has been influenced by another shipwreck: whereas the 1933 Gorch Fock was built in response to the Niobe disaster, the plans of the SSS Gorch Fock were adapted somewhat after the sinking of the Pamir in 1957.
The modern-day SSS Gorch Fock was launched on August 23, 1958 and commissioned on December 17 of that year.
South American ships
A number of similar ships have been built by a shipyard in Bilbao for South American Navies, apparently following the Blohm & Voss design. The hulls and rigging of these ships are very similar, the main differences are in the superstructure and they also have larger tanks for both diesel and water, and they're also longer. These ships are the Gloria (1967, Colombia), the Guayas (1976, Ecuador), the Simón Bolívar (1979, Venezuela), and the Cuauhtémoc (1982, Mexico).
External links
- ESYS (http://www.esys.org/gofo/gofofam.html) page on the whole family of ships (in German).
- ESYS (http://www.esys.org/gofo/gorch_10.html) page with links to the five original ships (in German).
- The Stralsund homepage (http://www.gorch-fock-stralsund.de/) of the Gorch Fock (ex Tovarishch).
- JanMaat (http://www.janmaat.de/towar.htm)—another German site on the Gorch Fock (ex Tovarishch).de:Gorch Fock (Segelschulschiff)


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Best Music Shin Megami Tensei IV
Full of great references to all the previous games this game's score was just feels to the nth power.
Best Adventurer Legend of Zelda: A Link Between World
Just too much fun. Fast and fun combat, great music pushing the action on, and just full of smart ideas. Fun dungeons you can play in almost any order, bosses that while mostly pushovers at least keep the pacing up, and did I mention all the mini games? While not a game with an epic world like a Skyrim there are still great moments to discover in this soon to be classic game.
Best Summer RPG Tales of Xillia
So RPGs break into Summer and Winter style for me. Summer are brighter and a bit quicker while winter RPGs are a bit tougher, lighter on story, and, well, I'm sure people get the gist of it. Dark Souls would be Winter RPG on this scale. Very cold Winter in that one. Anyhow, this addition to the Tales series is lots of fun, full of subquests to follow, monsters to fight, and skits to watch. If you haven't played an RPG in a while I would suggest giving this one a try. It might bring you back into the fold. Or...
Best Winter RPG Etrian Odyssey 4: Legend of the Titan
Well, this game is much more strict and definitely plays "Atlus hard." Getting past each floor in a maze feels like a tiny milestone, every weapon upgrade feels like a deserved accomplishment. Yet you don't have to worry about finding a challenge, the FOEs that wander the map are often as fun as most RPGs boss battles and you can hit several up on each floor. What I'm saying is lots of challenges to explore and see just how far you're willing to go. Maps not included.
Best Story Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
What a great game. A bit problematic on the combat side, but not really that difficult to handle. You'll definitely take your lumps from a few bosses if you actually want to make it to the end. I mean Western games usually pride themselves on having stories that actually mean something while the Japanese games follow an "anti-hero fights evil space wizard" but Ni No Kuni plays with those norms creating a world with a lore that slowly pulls you in and dungeons often having equally as interesting stories. Add to that an interesting monster fighting system and the sheer effort that's gone into the art design and you have a game that I can get behind. But it was the story, in the end, that allowed the game to stand out. This wasn't some Pokemon game with nary a glimpse of the dark in the world, no this was a harsh and yet life-affirming piece of media.
Best Shooter Bioshock: Infinite
While many criticize the game I feel it brought an incredible sense of place and character to a genre whose best selling games now create worlds where, a week later you often couldn't remember where you went and who you fought. I won't fill this mention up with criticisms though: for one brief moment everyone who played shooters was talking about alternate worlds and string theory. Ken Levine is my hero.
Best Art Killer is Dead
Just wow. A great art style though the whole game that makes it something very different from everything else imaginable. Dragon's Crown was a close runner-up, but I think in the end the jiggle really did detract a bit from seeing it as a serious contender. Killer is Dead is twice as silly though, but there's just something about the art direction and how special effects play out in real time that is so interesting to look at. And shouldn't that be the greatest determining factor in game art?
Best Handheld game Fire Emblem: Awakening
The game that saved the sinking handheld device and a sinking franchise all in one swoop. Until this game came out many people wouldn't consider themselves handheld gamers, me among them. Handheld titles have this pacing problem they have to deal with, which means either getting stuck in a dungeon, let's say, or having super light gameplay so every level is short enough to beat in a certain amount of time. Fire Emblem: Awakening shows you can actually use this to your advantage getting the most out of that short time and leaving gamers perpetually wanting more.
Best Full-on Miss Time and Eternity
This JRPG sports the first hand drawn graphics, ever. I think. Anyhow it's a delight of a game at times. Actual good voice acting with actual funny parts. When I loaded the game up the first time and found there were sections just setting around a table listening to girls talk I was worried, but with excellent casting and good writing this is some of the best stuff in the game. Sadly the combat is more memorization based, not quite a rhythm game but not at all about what most RPG games combat entails. And yet, while the combat doesn't grab me I really enjoy the game for what it is thus this title.
Best Roguelike Guided Fate Paradox
Another NIS game this one a roguelike. Really aren't many RLs on consoles. This one combines humor, art style, and good combat to make a game you can really sink your teeth into. While there's a bit too much talking early on in the game, once you open up the extra dungeons it's nothing but bliss for floor upon floor. Can you guide their fates to a revolution?
Best overall game Who cares?
Its been a year with lots of variety and lots of interesting stuff hitting shelves. I'm sure everyone has all sorts of games they feel are their favorites from the year, but what really matters is you got a few good memories. The night is dark and the road is long so find your bliss where you can. It's truly been a fun year for me and I hope it's been one for everyone else. Not fun all the way though, but definitely a good year.
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MIAMI -- Making it through the stretch run in the big leagues is something new for Miami rookie Christian Yelich, but being a productive hitter isn't.
At every level, Yelich has performed.
The difference now is the 21-year-old is experiencing the grind of making it through the final month of a Major League campaign. In the Minor Leagues, the left-handed-hitting outfielder was used to being done either in late August or early September.
So far, Yelich has posted strong numbers this month, going 12-for-25 (.480) over his first six games of September.
Always regarded as a natural hitter, Yelich has seen his overall batting average rise to .292 and his on-base percentage is now .360.
Gaining valuable experience is something he is striving for over the season's final three weeks.
"You keep playing baseball and learning," the rookie said. "The more at-bats you can get under your belt, the more comfortable you're going to be. I don't think I'm looking to change anything or do anything I haven't done already. I'm just trying to stay consistent, and battle it out every night."
Since the return of Chris Coghlan from injury, Yelich has moved from leadoff to hitting third. Coghlan has moved into the top spot in the order.
No matter where he's batted, Yelich retains a patient approach, drawing his share of walks and deep counts.
"It's been the same, so far," said Yelich. "I think the way they go about you depends on if guys are in scoring position or not. That's the same if you're hitting leadoff with a guy in scoring position, or you're hitting third with a guy in scoring position. It's the same. I haven't really seen anything too different.
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|Dev: Yager Development
|Pub: 2K Games
|Release: June 26, 2012
|Players: 1-8
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
The character models seem to randomly switch back and forth between very detailed and pixelated messes. Even when the graphics engine is performing at peak, easily discernible mistakes—like eyes not sitting properly in their sockets—indicate areas where a little extra polish would have been appreciated. Animations are decent enough, but the enemies often run toward cover inexplicably, causing a drag in movement. On the other hand, the environments and backgrounds, as well as the still imagery of corpses and other disturbing scenes, will burn into your mind and may even cause you to shudder. Also, the impressive vistas, looking down on a desolate metropolis placed between mile-high mountains of sand, delivers a spectacle you probably haven't seen in any other game.
Thankfully, the view is generally accompanied by little audio, save the gusting winds of the ever looming sandstorm. With such visceral visuals portraying the genocide, the silence compliments your personal grievance far better than any music would be able to. Every so often, you'll find yourself close to makeshift intercom speakers where a deranged disc jockey comments on the justice of the violence while mixing it up with American rock and roll tracks. Never have I been more disturbed with our rock music then when I heard it here; I almost wished I could silence it with my rifle.
The incomparable Nolan North voices Captain Walker and does a masterful job with the script. However, with his instantly recognizable voice, I had a hard time not picturing Walker as Nathan Drake, though with more swearing and military jargon.
Spec Ops: The Line also comes packed with competitive online multiplayer, with a handful of different modes such as the free-for-all Chaos, Mutiny (team deathmatch), and Rally Point. Buried and Uplink are the two objective-based modes with a little more substance, requiring the destruction of Vital Points in order to reveal the High Value Target, or controlling a central rally point. However, since combat isn't exactly the highlight of the single-player campaign, multiplayer isn't really worth more than a few quick matches here and there. It does have a leveling system, leaderboards, and unlockables, but they've been done better elsewhere and don't present anything new.
Despite criticism in all other departments, the gritty story supersedes the game's mediocrity elsewhere, and finally delivers something outside the box. It dives into a disturbing realism that war, racism, and the psychological repercussions that could ensue, going far beyond the dramatic fluff that we've seen in other shooters. The gameplay is decent enough that you won't mind playing through Spec Ops: The Line at least a couple of times to see how different choices affect the conclusion, and the lasting emotional impact you'll likely take away makes this shooter worthy of being placed at the top of your pile.
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